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[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "When Allah casts a love speech in the heart of a person for a woman, it is not wrong for him to look at her."  

أحمد:١٦٠٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مَسْلَمَةَ يُطَارِدُ امْرَأَةً بِبَصَرِهِ فَقُلْتُ تَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا وَأَنْتَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَلْقَى الله ﷻ فِي قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ خِطْبَةً لِامْرَأَةٍفَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا  

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ahmad:17976 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar Ghundar And Yaḥyá b. Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah > al-Ḥajjāj b. Arṭāh > Muḥammad b. Sulaymān from his uncle > Ibn Abū Zāʾidah Sahl b. Abū Ḥathmah > Raʾayt Muḥammad b. Maslamah Yuṭārid Āmraʾah from al-Anṣār Yurīd > Yanẓur Ilayhā > Ibn Abū Zāʾidah Uthbaytah Āb.ah al-Ḍaḥḥāk Yurīd

Muhammad bin Salamah said: “I proposed marriage to a woman, then I hid and waited to see her until I saw her among some date palm trees that belonged to her.” It was said to him: “Do you do such a thing when you are a companion of the Messenger of Allah?” He said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: 'When Allah causes a man to propose to a woman, there is nothing wrong with him looking at her.' ” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1864)   

أحمد:١٧٩٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ غُنْدَرٌ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مَسْلَمَةَ يُطَارِدُ امْرَأَةً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ ُثبَيتَة ابْنَةَ الضَّحَّاكِ يُرِيدُ

أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا فَقُلْتُ أَنْتَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَتَفْعَلُ هَذَا؟ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَلْقَى اللهُ فِي قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ خِطْبَةَ امْرَأَةٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا  

ahmad:17981 – Wakīʿ > Thawr > a man from Ahl al-Baṣrah > Muḥammad b. Maslamah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "When Allah casts a love for a woman in the heart of a man, it is not wrong for him to look at her."  

أحمد:١٧٩٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ ثَوْرٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا قَذَفَ اللهُ فِي قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ خِطْبَةَ امْرَأَةٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا  

tabarani:16610 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Yaḥyá b. al-ʿAlāʾ > al-Ḥajjāj b. Arṭāh > Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān > Sahl b. Abū Ḥathmah > Mar Nās from al-Anṣār Bimuḥammad b. Maslamah / Yuṭāliʿ a neighboriyah from Banī al-Najjār Faqālūā Subḥān Allāh Law Faʿal Hadhā Baʿḍ Shabābinā Raʾaynāh Qabīḥ

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "When Allah casts the proposal of a woman into the heart of a man, there is no harm in him looking at her." This is what Yahya ibn Al-Ala'a reported from Al-Hajjaj, from Muhammad ibn Uthman.  

الطبراني:١٦٦١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ قَالَ مَرَّ نَاسٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ بِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ وَهُوَ يُطَالِعُ جَارِيَةً مِنْ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ فَقَالُوا سُبْحَانَ اللهِ لَوْ فَعَلَ هَذَا بَعْضُ شَبَابِنَا رَأَيْنَاهُ قَبِيحًا قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا أَلْقَى اللهُ فِي قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ خِطْبَةَ امْرَأَةٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا» هَكَذَا قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ  

tabarani:16615 – Bakr b. Sahl al-Dimyāṭī > ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Ḥajjāj > Sahl b. Muḥammad b. Abū Ḥathmah from his uncle Sulaymān b. Abū Ḥathmah > Raʾayt Muḥammad b. Maslamah Yuṭārid Thubaytah b. al-Ḍaḥḥāk > Baʿḍ Manāzil al-Madīnah Bibaṣarih > Lah Tafʿal Hadhā > Naʿam

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "When Allah places the love of a woman in the heart of a man, there is no harm in him looking at her." This was narrated by Abu Mu'awiyah from Al-Hajjaj from Sahl ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Hathmah, from his uncle Sulayman ibn Abi Hathmah.  

الطبراني:١٦٦١٥ – حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الدِّمْيَاطِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ثنا الْحَجَّاجُ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مَسْلَمَةَ يُطَارِدُ ثُبَيْتَةَ بِنْتَ الضَّحَّاكِ عَلَى بَعْضِ مَنَازِلِ الْمَدِينَةِ بِبَصَرِهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ تَفْعَلُ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا أَلْقَى اللهُ فِي قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ خِطْبَةَ امْرَأَةٍ فَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا» هَكَذَا رَوَاهُ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ  

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السيوطي:١٣٨٤a –

"إذا أَلْقى الله في قَلْبِ امْرِئٍ منْكم خِطبةَ امْرأَةٍ فلا بأسَ أنْ ينظَر إلْيها".  

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